No, that was before my time. People really are a bunch of sniveling crybabies comparatively. Racism barely exists anymore and it's dying off with the elderly.

by Anonymous 6 years ago

Point is that “back in the day” people did have worse issues with being offended fountain being one example

by Anonymous 6 years ago

Thanks for the clarification. Agreed.

by Anonymous 6 years ago

Yeah, they did but the people who lived in that time are all at least 70 years old. I understand your point. The truth is, there is almost nothing we can say without offending someone. Our skin is too thin. So, when people talk about "snowflakes" I have a hard time disagreeing.

by Anonymous 6 years ago

It doesn’t always die with the elderly Some of these old timers pass it on to their kids and so on and so forth There are few places that have segregated proms.

by Anonymous 6 years ago

Sure, there are exceptions. The human race will never be perfect. There's always some jackass out there to ruin things.

by Anonymous 6 years ago

Exactly, and because of them humankind has to keep making an effort to be just Because these bad apples will be there

by Anonymous 6 years ago

Absolutely.

by Anonymous 6 years ago

The percieved offenses havent even changed that much. Progress....

by Anonymous 6 years ago

Why do you assume that everyone is racist? People do get butthurt, the problem is that they get butthurt over ridiculous things, I don't think people should walk on eggshells and suppress themselves because someone somewhere takes offense in someone else's name. And that doesn't mean that you are a racist, sexist, homophobic or whatever other term there is to describe a bad person just because you don't conform to the latest progressive outlook.

by Anonymous 6 years ago

You’re the one assuming that, not me. I just said that these old people and their followers think this generation is easily offended when they’re the ones who were foolish enough to be offended by who drinks from a public fountain. You’re really reaching here

by Anonymous 6 years ago

Well, I'm assuming that because of "Excuse you. You got offended and went into outrage when another race drank at the same fountain as you" Am I wrong?

by Anonymous 6 years ago

What’s that got to do with “everyone is racist”? You’re the one assuming

by Anonymous 6 years ago

But Fuzala, saying that people went crazy over another race drinking from their water fountain (I assume you're talking about treatment of blacks decades ago) assumes that the people here are racist, why otherwise would you say that?

by Anonymous 6 years ago

No I didn’t assume that. You’re the only one here doing that It refers to the people in that generation who truly were offended acting as if my generation is the butthurt one No where did I say whatever you’re trying to say Read the other comments because it doesn’t seem like you get what is said It’s the hyproisy of calling my generation snowflakes when they’re the ones who got offended over drinking fountains And AGAIN it’s not calling everyone racist. The main point was toward generational differences And those fountain people were racists. NOT EVERYONE

by Anonymous 6 years ago

I think you and I are the same generation, the term snowflakes as far as I'm concerned is reserved for the overly delicate people regardless of age who take things way too far for very little provocation.

by Anonymous 6 years ago

I know I'm an old fart, [67], among the group you have assumed is racist, at least over water fountains. I never was by the way - in fact I've avoided water fountains like the plague ever since I saw some kid cough onto a fountain as he leaned over for a drink and got ick all over it. I won't say the fountain thing wasn't real - it was. Just saying - it ain't me. Calling out the Trump administration as racist for wanting to ask whether the person is a citizen or not - to me deserves the title snowflakey. [Just an example]

by Anonymous 6 years ago

Seems like some are offended by this post. Hypocrisy much? And it’s our generation that is butthurt? Doesn’t look like it

by Anonymous 6 years ago

If you freely let everyone use a public fountain then you won’t be offended because the post doesn’t apply to you, amirite? Also there are still KKK members and neo-Nazis so it’s false to say it stopped 65 years ago And I didn’t associate you with them. I specifically said those who got offended by fountain use by different races. http://data.amirite.net/user_images/5aa2f804eac2f.jpg

by Anonymous 6 years ago

I tend to think that there are equal numbers of people getting butthurt today as in the golden years, it is just they feel entitled to let everyone know about it these days.

by Anonymous 6 years ago

Freedom of speech YOLO

by Anonymous 6 years ago

I have always found freedom of speech an interesting term, especially in todays environment when we are always being told "You can't say that".

by Anonymous 6 years ago

You have the freedom to say horrible things to people But they'll still be consequences for it Like being told you can't say that

by Anonymous 6 years ago

People do get way too butthurt these days imo. Its just a law of nature. Strong people create good times, good times create weak people, weak people create bad times, bad times create strong people.

by Anonymous 6 years ago

I have found that most people that complain about people being snowflakes, will enter drama-queen mode the moment you do or say something they don't like. The hypocrisy is so clear that is just baffling.

by Anonymous 6 years ago

I think those snowflakes are abundant in every single decade.

by Anonymous 6 years ago